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I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.



In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking of a tightrope.



The sign for which I forge an image has no value if it doesn't harmonize with other signs, which I must determine in the course of my invention and which are completely peculiar to it.



All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous details would, in the mind of the beholder, encroach upon the essential elements.



Jazz is rhythm and meaning.



There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.



The only valid thing in art is the one thing that cannot be explained, to explain away the mystery of a great painting would do irreplaceable harm, for whenever you explain or define something you substitute the explanation or the definition for the



With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.



There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.



There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.



Jazz is rhythm and meaning.



There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.



What I dream of is an art of balance.



What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.



When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was deserting. If everyone of any value leaves France, what will remain of France?








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